Owsley Stanley
Augustus Owsley "Bear" Stanley III (born January 19, 1935 in Kentucky , † March 12, 2011 in Queensland , Australia ) was an American sound engineer of the Grateful Dead and drug producer.
Career
Owsley Stanley served 18 months in the United States Air Force during the 1950s . He was the first to produce high-purity LSD on a large scale in the 1960s . In 1966 he met the band Grateful Dead, which he then supported financially and for whom he worked as a sound engineer. In 1967 the police carried out repeated raids and confiscated drugs that eventually led to Stanley being sentenced to three years in prison.
After his imprisonment, he worked occasionally as a sound engineer for the Grateful Dead. He produced the album History of the Grateful Dead, Vol. 1 (Bear's Choice) with them in 1973 . A motif that is much associated with the Grateful Dead on that album and on various promotional items are the “Marching Bears”, which are based on Stanley's idea.
In the 1980s he emigrated to Australia and settled in the state of Queensland.
On March 12, 2011, Stanley died in a traffic accident when his car went off the road.
family
Owsley Stanley was married and had four children. The American politician and governor of Kentucky Augustus Owsley Stanley was his grandfather.
Others
Stanley's career inspired Steely Dan to write Kid Charlemagne on their album The Royal Scam .
literature
- Robert Greenfield: Bear: The Life and Times of Augustus Owsley Stanley III. Melia Publishing Services, 2016, ISBN 978-1250081216 .
Web links
- Homepage of Owsley "Bear" Stanley
- Owsley 'Bear' Stanley dies in North Queensland car crash , March 14th 2011, The Australian
- Psychedelic icon Owsley Stanley dies in Australia , March 13, 2011, Reuters
Individual evidence
- ^ Margalit Fox: Owsley Stanley, Artisan of Acid, Is Dead at 76. www.nytimes.com, accessed on May 20, 2013 (English, see "Correction: November 8, 2011" in the original version ).
- ↑ Kid Charlemagne ( Memento of the original of April 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stanley, Owsley |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stanley III, Augustus Owsley (real name); Bear (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sound engineer and drug producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kentucky |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 12, 2011 |
| Place of death | Queensland , Australia |